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Robert G. King

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Politics as Usual

Over a year ago, on this same page, I called for Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman to follow his political instincts


Faces of the Party

McCain’s a portrait…Obama’s a mural.” So rapped will.i.am, leader of the Black Eyed Peas, as he bounced across the stage


Aid for the Affluent

My natural reaction when I read that a family making $180,000 per annum will possibly qualify for financial aid is


Ditch the SAT

Over the last several decades, it has become painfully apparent that high school students’ performance on the SAT and other


Blacklist Blackwater

On Monday, the Iraqi government announced that it was revoking the license of Blackwater USA, the private security firm, to


First in the Nation

As I walk down Main Street in another small New Hampshire town chanting "Oooooooo Bama” and furiously waving a banner


A New Type of Leadership

Many of us are skeptical when a candidate like Senator Barack H. Obama appears in the national spotlight. His promise


The Case for the CFL

If you don’t know what CFL stands for by now, then you are already doing yourself and future generations a


Undergrad Pulls Off Green Feats

Toilet paper might not be the first thing one associates with environmental activism, but for Elizabeth R. Shope ’09, the